KPK Chairman: Like The Corona Virus, Corruption Can Adapt To Any Condition

Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri (Photo: KPK documentation)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri said corruption is the same as the Coronavirus or COVID-19. This was conveyed to commemorate International Criminal Justice Day or International Justice Day.

"Just like the Coronavirus, corruption is proven to be able to adapt, evolve, and even innovate under any conditions," said Firli in a written statement quoted on Monday, May 19.

He said anyone must maintain anti-corruption immunity so as not to be exposed. Because those who lack integrity, ethics, and morals are easily exposed to the virus of corruption.

In fact, corruption is one of the crimes against humanity that is the common enemy of all nations without exception. "Corruption keeps a nation in the world away from the word prosperity and even corruption can lead to the failure of a country to realize its goals," said Firli.

In the future, he said the KPK would continue to firmly carry out its vision of eradicating corruption in the country. This is intended so that the goals of the state as envisioned by its founders can be achieved and felt by all parties.

Although admitting that it is not an easy matter, Firli believes that corruption can be abolished if all parties are consistent in fighting it. One of them is by trying to stay away from corrupt behavior in everyday life.

"Starting from ourselves. It takes extraordinary determination and sincerity to stay away from corrupt behavior in our daily lives, to realize national consistency in the badr war against corruption in the Republic of Indonesia," he said.

Thus, he asked anyone without exception to always maintain and strengthen anti-corruption immunity. The trick is to apply simple life behavior and dare to be honest in the slightest things.

"Once again, we remind you that corruption is proven to be able to adapt, evolve and innovate in any situation and condition in this country so that crimes against humanity can occur in a systematic, structured manner with a systemic destructive impact," said the former Deputy for Enforcement of the KPK.

"Maintain and strengthen ANTI-CORRUPTION immunity by always implementing simple behavior and being honest in the slightest things, and always upholding the values of divinity, religion, and Pancasila in our daily routines," he concluded.